Canada category: 4109 books
The Battle of London
Trudeau, Thatcher, and the Fight for Canada's Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
A bestseller in Quebec that describes the horse-trading, intrigue and unrest behind Trudeau’s quest to repatriate the Constitution.
After the referendum in 1980, Pierre Elliott Trudeau turned his sights on repatriating the Constitution in an effort to make Canada fully independent from Britain....
Mavericks
An Incorrigable History Of Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
The fifth title in our provincial histories series, Mavericks is an idiosyncratic and episodic history of what is arguably Canada's most unconventional province. From mapmakers to ranchers, Stampede Wrestling to Stockwell Day, acclaimed writer Aritha van Herk brings the drama and combative beauty...
Beyond the Trees
A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2019
A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greatest living explorer."
In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected,...
Food Artisans of Alberta
Your Trail Guide to the Best Locally Crafted Fare
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Shortlisted for a 2019 Taste Canada Award
Winner of a 2019 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Canada
The food lover’s guide to finding the best local food artisans from all over Alberta.
From the coulees of the badlands to the combines of the wheatlands, discover Alberta’s diverse...
Conflict and Compromise
Pre-Confederation Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events. Its main objective is to demonstrate that although Canadian history has been marked by cleavages and conflicts, there has been...
Debating Dissent
Canada and the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Although the 1960s are overwhelmingly associated with student radicalism and the New Left, most Canadians witnessed the decade’s political, economic, and cultural turmoil from a different perspective. Debating Dissent dispels the myths and stereotypes associated with the 1960s by examining what...
Touching the Outside (storey 14 of 40)
Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Around and around they go, around and around.When will they stop we want to know?A river barge decked out with a Ferris wheel is docked along the banks of the mighty McKenzie River beside the village of Fort Good Hope in the North West Territory of Canada.It is 1967 Canada’s Centennial year; our...
Canada's Rights Revolution
Social Movements and Social Change, 1937-82
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
In the first major study of postwar social movement organizations in Canada, Dominique Clément provides a history of the human rights movement as seen through the eyes of two generations of activists. Drawing on newly acquired archival sources, extensive interviews, and materials released through...
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2010
In October 1956, a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise, prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After a few days of violent fighting, the revolt was crushed. In the wake of the event, some 200,000 refugees left Hungary, 35,000 of whom made their way to...
The Niagara Escarpment
From Tobermory to Niagara Falls
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1975
This book provides an informal history and tour of the Niagara Escarpment, the backbone of Ontario and one of Canada's natural wonders. Stretching from Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula to Niagara Falls, the escarpment exhibits a wide diversity of landscape, people, and industry, in the...
Singular Vision
The Founding of the Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada 1908 to 1915
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada, now called Catholic Missions in Canada, had its beginnings in 1908 during the settling of the Canadian West. Over a century later, the Society’s early history is explored in this dynamic narrative by renowned Church historian, Michael Power. Mining...
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?
Stuff to Know Before You Go
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Laugh as you learn about America's friendly northern neighbor with this step-by-step guide to Canadian customs, pop culture, and slang -- perfect for anyone who's considered moving to (or just visiting) maple leaf country.
Written by New York Times bestselling author (and born-and-bred Canuck)...
The Making of the October Crisis
Canada's Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A definitive, mind-changing history of the October Crisis and the events leading up to it.
The first bombs exploded in Montreal in the spring of 1963, and over the next seven years there were hundreds more bombings, many bank robberies, six murders and, in October 1970, the kidnappings of a...
by John George Bourinot
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
A fascinating look at Canada under the control of the United Kingdom in the years 1760-1900, written by Canadian journalist, historian, and civil servant John George Bourinot.